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    <body><![CDATA[This one was really good. I loved Desari's story - finally a carpathian woman who's just as powerful (in some ways more) than her lifemate! The only thing that dissapointed me was the storyline between Barack and Syndil. What happened there? It seemed to me that they were lifemates but they couldn't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18698408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Centuries of hunting the undead had left Julian Savage ready to face the dawn, he only had one more task to perform for his prince. The safety of a singer, Desari, was in question after her name was found on a list. Arriving at the concert hall, Julian was amazed to find that even the security at th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71654367">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorites within the Carpathian series. I like that the female characters are strong in their own gifts AND Carpathians. The break in converting a psychic female into the race was refreshing. A perk of Carpathian blood is that more of Gregori's family history is revealed. (Gregori ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54727493">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the musical aspect and the knowledge that Carpathian woman have great powers. Another great love story to boot. And I was so glad to find that this twin conquered one of his past enemies.]]></body>
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    <review id="63384878">
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    <body><![CDATA[I gave this one a 4 star. It was better than book 2 but not quite as good as the other 4 star books in the series. Nothing particularly wrong with it, I was just able to put it down a lot. <br/><br/>I liked the characters, particularly Julian and Darius. I liked the relationship between these two ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63384878">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71189521">
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was interesting because the lead female character was an ancient Carpathian which we haven't really seen before in this series. I was very disappointed, though, that there was no reunion scene w/ Gregori, who turned out to be Desari and Darius' older brother. That Aidan found these two, alo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71189521">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41043003">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Carpathian novel--Julian and Desari's story.  In this book we find a group of Carpathian's traveling together that are unknown to the group still living in Carpathia.  We find out that Desari and her brother Darius are Gregori's siblings lost centuries ago and on the run ever since.  The way the a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41043003">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43834100">
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd give it 4.5 stars.  These Carpathian books are really addictive.  Julian was totally yummy. He was living large and in control.  I thought Desari was a great match for him. She was an ancient too, and wasn't about to fall for the 'little girl' stuff.  She actually gave him a reality check and he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43834100">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Aidan's twin brother, Julian, has decided to end his bleak existence as an ancient Carpathian and greet the dawn.  Always eager for knowledge, Julian met a wizard who promised to teach him ancient secrets when he was  boy of twelve.  Unfortunately, that wizard turned out to be a powerful vampire, wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16754284">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Julian Savage, twin brother to Aidan (<em>Dark Gold</em>) is sent by Mikhail and Gregori to protect Desari, a Carpathian and a singer who is being stalked by human vampire hunters. The entire band - Desari and her brother Darius, Barack, Dayan and Syndil - are Carpathians, long lost as very young children ce...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10761208">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45311083">
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    <body><![CDATA[My least favorite of the series so far - really more like a 3.5 for me, but I rounded up because of the musical aspects of the story. I will not summarize, as so many have taken care of that, but will explain my lower rating.  All the trademark winning characteristics were present until the very end...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45311083">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this one slightly out of order, I read Dark Fire before this one, and it was supposed to be the other way around.<br/><br/>I had a hard time getting through this book. And I found myself just browsing through large chunks of the book, just to get through it. Seems like miss Feehan loves to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25106149">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was OK, it was about Julian Savage and to be honest I found myself skimming through it toward the end and the middle. It does introduce four new Carpathians and I'm hoping to read their stories in the future. But this book overall was OK, not my favorite and neither was Aidan's story which...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61862335">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was sketical about this book after reading Dark Gold.  Julian is Aidan's twin and that is as far as it goes.  Totally oposites, Julian's life mate is a Daratrazanoff so he had a chore ahead of him and he met it!  He rose to the challenge of taming his lifemate (or so he thought!) and he had to dea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46122007">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Before Julian &quot;meets the dawn,&quot; he has one last mission: to warn a woman he believes to be a human that assassins are after her. Isn't he surprised to learn that not only is this woman a Carpathian previously unknown to other Carpathians, but she is also surrounded by a &quot;family&quot; ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54805948">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[CAUTION: This book does contain adult elements. Though I've successfully been able to skip over these parts (this doesn't detract from the book, trust me,) people are likely to get offended. I love every book in this entire series, but you have to read them responsibly. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this installment of the Dark Series, we learn of a group of Carpathians separated from their kin and left on their own to survive.  They are the Dark Troubadours - a successful if somewhat enigmatic group of musicians featuring lead singer Desari.  When they are targeted by a fanatical society of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52460471">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Carpathian vampire hunter Julian Savage is powerful but tormented. But he has one last duty to fulfill before he gives himself over to the dawn and certain death. He has to warn the famous singer, Desari, that she is being targeted by vicious human vampire hunters who will stop at nothing to hurt th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19294600">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh this was major syrupy. There just wasn't enough conflict and human interaction as in the first 4 books in the series. But I like the Carpathian world Feehan has created so I made it through book 5 to move on to book 6.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[another great read in the Feehan series.  this is when we get to meet new characters that we thought were dead. I really liked this one and read it in one sitting.]]></body>
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